Brief Description: Riveting the HS forward spar to the nose ribs
I have riveted the two outer nose ribs to the forward spar. That was easy since you could access them with a squeezer.
Then I started working on riveting the two inboard nose ribs and inspar ribs to the forward spar.
This was a complete disaster.
This requires three AN470AD4-7's and two AN470AD4-8's. My preference is to squeeze them, but the yoke on my squeezer doesn't have enough clearance to get on the rivets.
Since squeezing wasn't an option, I was stuck with bucking the rivets. Typically this wouldn't be a big deal, but these are AD4-forever rivets and because of the angle of the inboard ribs, you really can't get much mass behind the rivets with ANY bucking bar.
Long story short, I managed to get a few rivets in there but I'm not happy with any of them. Since these rivets will continue to be accessable, I can drill them out later. (And I plan to!)
I've decided to leave these rivets alone for now. I'm going to be purchasing a Longeron Yoke from Avery Tools and I'll squeeze them later. It's the best way to set these rivets.
I will be continuing with the horizontal stab (since the plans say it's okay to leave these rivets for later) and I will still be able to finsh the entire assembly. I plan to squeeze these rivets later.
Once I hit these rivet issues, the wheels fell off and everything was starting to go wrong.
Building airplanes will teach you to listen to yourself. So I listened and I laid my tools down for the rest of the day. I'll get started again tomorrow riveting the HS and hopefully drilling out the ugly rivets.
Here it is built inside the skins.
The 4 rivets holding the rib in-place are ugly. (Even if the photo doesn't show it)
